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| One of the owlets with a Samoan tattoo theme |
It's a week after our youngest finally finished school for the year and whilst busy with her end of year events at her school, I spied this owlet sculpture displayed in the school office and administration building and did a bit of research as to the neat art that it features.
I found out that it was one of the 60 owlet (90cm) sculptures that was a part of the 2018 'Big Hoot' arts event whereby 47 larger owls (1.65cm) and the 60 owlets were painted up by emerging and established artists around Auckland for exhibiting then auctioned to raise funds for the Child Cancer Foundation.
Mesui Moala, a sports and design tutor, assisted a group of the school's senior students in late November 2017 to design the owl over a number of weeks and this was the finished product. The art piece features traditional patterns or designs from Tongan, Samoan, Indian and Maori cultures.
The school would have purchased the beautiful owl from the auction and it is proudly displayed next to the front door entrance. It's neat in that it is set right at the front as if to greet visitors and its quite striking with its beautiful designs.
This is inspiring to in contemplating my next art projects over the holiday break and to begin preparations after Christmas to begin painting up our next book after some R & R (rest and relaxation).
Let the holiday festivities begin!...
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